Tube for permanent hair waving



Feb. 12 1924.

H. JACOBS TUBE FOR PERMANENT HAIR WAVING Filed Aug. 18. 1922 m'l II VEN OR W M BY QM ATTORNEY Patented FebflZ, i824.

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HANNAH JACOBS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TUBE FOR PERMANENT HAIR WA'VINGF Application filed August 18, 1922. Serial No; 582,697.'

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, HANNAH JACOBS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tubes for the whole is enclosed in a tubular heater and subjected to heat for a period of time whereby the heat and the material applied to the.

.hair cause the latter to be waved and this wave remains over a long period of time notwithstanding that the hair is moistened or even washed. My invention relates to the tube in which the curler and hair are enclosed preparatory to being inserted inside the heater. It has been common practice to use a paper or fibre tube for th s purpose and in such cases the tube can only be used once as it ismoistened by the liquid and the steam so that it is thrownaway when used so that the renewals of tubes is a constant.

, expense to permanent wave establishments.

One advantage of a paper or fibre tube is,

that it can be very easily closed at the ends by tying it, but a serious disadvantage is, that by reason of its destructible character, especially when it has become moistened, it is difiicult to remove the tube from time to time during the heat treatment of the hair to examine the latter for the purpose of determining when the process has been carried on to the desired extent sothat the process will not be prolonged to an extent which will cause injury to the hair. In U. S. Patent No. 1,268,848, Harry Jacobs and myself showed an apparatus for permanent waving wherein a metal enclosing tube for the curler and hair is used.

The object of my present invention is to provide a permanent tube, preferably of aluminum, which may be used repeatedl and one which may be wery easily an, quickly placed into. the heater, which will hold therein during the heating of the hair and which may be very easily and quickly removed" from the heater. The device is such that it will accommodate itself to various size heaters so that tubes may be purchased by hairdressers for use on any of the heaters on the market and it is not necessary to especially adapt the heater to the tube. By using the present device it is very easy to temporarily remove the tubes to ex- I amine the condition of the hair while the process is proceeding. As many devices, generally between 12 and 48, are used almost simultaneously in waving a head of hair each look under treatment may be separately examined as the condition of each lock may be different and may require different treatment. Y As the tubes are of a permanent character they may be removed and replaced as often as desired.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for detachably securing the tube to the heater which means will maintain the tube concentric of the heater even where there is a space between the tube and heater. Thus, the tube will be subjected to uniform heat circumferentially.

In the drawing forming part of this application,

Figure 1 is aside elevation of a heater having my improved tube inserted therein, Figure 2 is an elevation of the tube alone, and

Figure 3 is an end view of the tube.

In the drawing I have shown an electric heater 1 of the type commonly used inper manent waving. As is well known, these heaters comprise inner and outer shells with a winding of resistance wire between the shells, and I have shown a handle 2 by means of which the heater may be manipulated. The tube forming the'subject of my present invention is adapted to be inserted into this heater from the end opposite'the W Y handle 2.

The tube 3 comprises a non-absorbent shell preferably consisting of a cylinder of'aluminum, and this is adapted to receive therein a curler with a lock of hair wound thereon the same as tubes now in general use. This tube is of such diameter that it may be inserted in any of the heaters now on the market although it may be specially designed for any particular heater.

On one end ofthe tube 3 there is a flange or extension 4 which abuts against the receiving end of the heater when the tube is in-v serted therein. On this flange there are se- 1 cured plates as by means of the screws 6 and in the preferred form of my invention I attach three such plates 120 apart around the flange. Each plate forms the fixed end of a bowed spring. The spring projects from the plate 5 first in an outwardly arched direction as at 7 or away from the axis of the tube and then the spring is arched toward thetube at 8 forming a bow 9. The free end of the spring is turned outwardly at 10, so that when the tube is detached, the curved part 9 may rest against the outer surface of thentube 3 and the end 10 will turn outwardly from it.

In using the device the lock of hair is wound on the curler in the usual manner, as shown in said patent, and the tube 3. is placed over the curler and hair to enclose them. The heater 1 is then passed over the the tube the heater passes under the springs,

and the end of the heater will abut against the flange 4. The'heater and tube will be held by the springs while the hair is under treatment; and whenever it is desired to examine the hair to observe its condition and thus determine when the treatment has been carried to the required point the heater 1 may he slipped ofl the tube 3 and the tube may be slipped off the hair and curler. Afterwards, these parts may be returned as the tube is of a permanent nature and is not destroyed by the internal moisture. A cork 12 may be inserted into the end of the tube at some stage of the process where a higher temperature is desirable, the sameas is pointed out in. said patent.

The tube 3 will not fit snugly with all heaters, and it is desirable that it should not, so there will often be a small spacebetween the tube and the interior of the heater. The springs, however, keep the tube 3 centered within the heater 1 and therefore equally spaced therefrom and the tube and its contents are subjected to uniform heat circumferentially. This would not be the case if the tube were considerably nearer one side of the heater. By arranging thesprings to engage outside the heater I am able to provide a plurality of springs to obtain the centralizing action; to provide ample spring movement for various size heaters, and to do these without unduly increasing the space between the tube and the heater.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A tube adapted to enclose a curler in the process of permanently waving hair, said tube having an external spring adapted to engage the exterior of a tubular heater when the latter is passed endwise over said tube, for the purpose set forth.

2. A tube adapted to enclose a curler in the process of permanently waving hair. said tube having external springs adapted to engage the exterior of a tubular heater when the latter is passed endwise over said tube, said springs being arranged to retain the tube concentrically of said heater.

3. A tube adapted to enclose a curler in the process of permanently waving hair, said tube having external springs secured near oneend of the tube, said springs extending longitudinally of the tube and curved outwardly from the tube, thence inwardly toward the tube and thence outwardly from the, tube, said springs being adapted to exert inward pressure on a tubular heater when the latter is passed endwise over said tube, for the purpose set forth.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this second day of August, 1922.

HANNAH JACOBS. 

